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Normally so good, so gritty, in the crucible of the third set, Maria Sharapova finally met her match against Victoria Azarenka.

Calgary 20 Edmonton 18 Jon Cornish's 59-yard touchdown run with five minutes remaining gave the Calgary Stampeders a 20-18 Labour Day rematch victory over the Edmonton Eskimos on Friday.

Vijay Singh keeps giving himself chances to end four years without a PGA Tour victory.

NASCAR trotted out eight drivers Thursday who are all mathematically eligible to make the Chase for the Sprint Cup championship.

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Baltimore 10 N.Y. Yankees 6 The Baltimore Orioles survived a furious five-run fight back by the New York Yankees in the eighth inning Thursday to win 10-6 and draw level with their division rivals at the top of the American League East.

None of the top executives involved in the NHL's collective bargaining negotiations will continue to be paid if the league enacts a lockout next week.

World No. 1 Rory McIlroy birdied his final two holes to earn a four-way share of the clubhouse lead in the first round of the BMW Championship Thursday. Playing partner Tiger Woods was a shot back.

The Saanich Braves open play on their 45th Junior B season tonight as they entertain the Kerry Park Islanders at 6: 30 p.m. at Pearkes arena.

Summer Mortimer and Benoit Huot wrapped up their individual races in the pool Thursday after winning almost a third of Canada's medals and over half the country's gold so far at the Paralympic Games.